State human rights commission orders probe into child suicide The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Wednesday directed the authorities in Karimnagar to probe the circumstances leading to the suicide of a class IV student and submit a report by September 10. Sai Prasad of Nandi Convent School had jumped to his death in the early hours of Wednesday. According to a petition filed at the SHRC, the boy was at the receiving end of corporal punishment for a long time. It was alleged that the headmaster of the school and hostel warden had physically tortured the boy. "Since the beginning of this academic year, many such cases of corporal punishment have come to the fore. But this is a very serious one," said petitioner Achyuta Rao. "We came to know that the boy had tried to flee from the school unable to bear the torture of the teaching staff. We hold the headmaster and warden responsible for the incident." The petitioner also demanded that a criminal case be registered against the headmaster and the school is derecognized. timesofindia.indiatimes/city/hyderabad/State-human-rights-commission-orders-probe-into-child-suicide/articleshow/21131130.cms
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:55:58 +0000
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